colony of white encrusting zoanthid palythoa caribaeorum growing around a trumpet polyp protopalythoa variabilis.

animal anthozoa aquatic baba beachrock boi brazil brown closeup cnidaria coenenchyme colonies competition competitive coral dive diving encrusting growth hard interactions life macro marine nature ocean palythoa pernambuco polyps portodegalinhas protopalythoa reef scuba sea soft space substrate tropical underwater water wildlife yellow zoanthid